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Hi guys,
There is a few questions I wanna ask. My car is currently low on engine oil. I wanna know if I top it up with a different engine oil will it cause problems? This is only temporily till next week when I take my car to service. My car has been drinking abit of engine oil lately, there is no leaks, car is not blowing gray or black smoke unless I really give the car a kick. What might be the cause of this as it seems im losing about 2 litres of oil in less then 5000kms?
cheers guys
i wouldn't advise doing that, you may aswell go out and buy a bottle of the oil u'll be getting put in at ur next service.
Put a bit in now to top up then give the rest to the mechanics to put in.
Just by whatever you've got in there atm, same thing.
It is highly not reccommended.
But some oil is better than no oil.
Just try not ot fang it if u can till ur next service.
Yeah it has honda oem oil in it at the moment, but the only problem is its a sunday and honda shops are all closed and so I won't be able to get. That's why I was wondering if its was bad to mix engine oil temporily for now
Are u after honda FEO oil?
IF so are u located in syd, cos i know a few places opened on sun that sell it.
lol no offense but I'll be a costly oem oil if I get it from sydney today, as I'm in perth
hahhaha.
no harm in helping i guess.
There's no drama with mixing the oil, as long as it the same weight, and it's only for a week or so like you said.
Like Chi said, I'd rather have oil in there than no oil at all, also change the oil yourself!
by who? and why?Quote:
Originally Posted by Chi
when you say "low" u mean below the min line indicated on the dipstick?
like chi says better something in there then nothing...
after 10 mins of driving it'll all get mixed up neway
geez a lot of people post a lot of heresay, post up what you know to be a fact.
You wont damage ur motor by putting in mixed oils temporarily
Ok, here it is.
Changing engine oil can be ok and it also can cause some serious damage if you mix the wrong oils.
If you use mineral oil then you can only mix mineral oils.
If you use full synthetic oils then you can ONLY mix other full synthetic oils with it.
If you mix full synthetic with mineral, you will get a chemical reaction which will cause the oil to breakdown and act like an acid and hence eat away at your internals. Hey chuck some Battery acid in your engine while your at it - it does the same damage.
If you use mineral 10w 40 then yes u can put in 5W 30 and or 15W 50 in there no probs. Same as for full synthetic.